Everything you need to know about Batkid in San Francisco this week

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This story is endearing even for Scrooge. San Francisco transformed itself into a wish for a 5 year old with leukemia (in remission) with a dream of being Batkid for a day. He rescued a woman tied to train tracks, saved the San Francisco 49’ers mascott and helped the police nab the Penguin and the Riddler – all in one day. How a five year old held up under this schedule is astounding. If you need a lift (and perhaps a tear) of the day, take time to look at these pics, tweets, and videos and realize that again, things have changed profoundly in the Information Age.

Read: https://www.buzzfeed.com/ryanhatesthis/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-make-a-wish-foundation

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Vicki Davis

Vicki Davis has been an educator and IT director in Georgia since 2002. Today, she also works as an instructional technology coach, staying side-by-side with active teachers and students so her work stays grounded in real classrooms.

She's a mom of three, wife of one, and loves talking about the wise, transformational use of technology for teaching and doing good in the world.

She has blogged at the Cool Cat Teacher Blog since 2005 and hosts the 10 Minute Teacher Podcast and Cool Cat Teacher Talk (radio, public access TV, YouTube, and all major podcast platforms), interviewing remarkable educators around the world. Vicki focuses on what unites us — a quest for truly remarkable, life-changing teaching and learning. The goal of her work is to provide actionable, encouraging, relevant ideas for teachers, grounded in truth and shared with love.

If you talk to Vicki for long, she'll encourage you to "Relate to Educate," to "innovate like a turtle," or to be "a remarkable teacher." She loves homemade sourdough bread and cinnamon rolls and runs half marathons with her sisters. You can usually find her laughing with her students or digging into a book.

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